Bank Of America Release Train Engineer / Scrum Master 

United States, Texas, Plano 

828534680

Job Description:

Job Description:

This job is responsible for optimizing the flow of epics, features, stories and the value delivered by multiple scrum teams responsible for software and network automation projects. Key responsibilities include coordinating and facilitating Scrum ceremonies, the Solution Train ceremonies, managing dependencies, providing visibility into team delivery plans and progress, the health of deliverables and the overall program increment, and promoting agile principles and mindsets through coaching. Job expectations include ensuring impediments to delivery are resolved quickly to avoid disruptions and participating in budget and resource planning.

Responsibilities:

• Facilitates Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Demos/Reviews and Sprint Retrospectives
• Provides visibility into the Agile team’s delivery plans and progress against plan to stakeholders
• Guides and coaches leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in the Agile Release Train on Agile practices and develops their understanding of Agile principles
• Leads scaled planning for the team including Preplanning/Preparation and Program Increment Planning Events
• Provides status updates regarding Agile Release Train plans, delivery, timelines, and impediments to stakeholders and leadership while communicating within the Agile Release Train to support delivery against program commitments
• Manages risk including dependency management, impediment removal, and compliance with Enterprise Change Management and other policy requirements
• Measures Agile Release Train delivery, maturity, and performance and reviews the metrics with the Agile Release Train to identify improvement opportunities
• Collaborates with the product management team and ensures the program has a healthy product and program backlog
• Defines norms and agreements for the Agile Release Train and enforces the agreements

Required Qualifications:

• Four years professional experience as Scrum Master, Product Owner, Release Train Engineer or Agile Coach within an agile software development organization
• Scrum Master certification or equivalent professional experience

Desired Qualifications:

• Over seven years professional experience as a Scrum Master or RTE within Scaled Agile organization
• Successful introduction and implementation of Agile into large organization

• Agile Practices

• Solution Design

• Collaboration

• Influence

• Stakeholder Management

• Architecture

• DevOps Practices

• Solution Delivery Process

• Technical Strategy Development

• Business Acumen

• Risk Management

• Financial Management

• Test Engineering

• User Experience Design

• Result Orientation

1st shift (United States of America)